Building a Better Sefton - Part 1 - With Sean Halsall - Independent Southport Councillor
Episode 157, Aug 11, 10:12 PM
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Today in our first ever episode of Building a Better Sefton, we speak to Sean Halsall – Independent Councillor for Kew Woods, Southport. Sean is a member of Southport Community Independents
Southport Community Independents is a new party founded to give a voice to Southport. https://southport-independents.co.uk/ - This contains details of the Community Assemblies we discussed.
The group are also on Facebook - / 61566818510626
Merch available for SCI at https://www.redbubble.com/people/Sout...
We chat about : -
Southport Community Independents is a new party founded to give a voice to Southport. https://southport-independents.co.uk/ - This contains details of the Community Assemblies we discussed.
The group are also on Facebook - / 61566818510626
Merch available for SCI at https://www.redbubble.com/people/Sout...
We chat about : -
- Leaving the Labour Party.
- Workers rights being eroded.
- The need to get ‘normal’ people into politics.
- Community Assemblies and local democracy in Southport.
- The importance of community spaces.
- The Cabinet and Whipping System in local government.
- Treatment of the disabled.
- The pantomime of local government.
- The importance of casework for councillors.
- Rehoming people.
- Southport Community Independents – what they do.
- Southport Regeneration.
- The importance of being community led and speaking to people.
- Investing in local business.
- Issues in Children’s Services locally.
- Not engaging with the public.
- How assemblies do not lead to extremism.
- Local and worker-controlled places. Example of Mondragon in Spain.
- Co-operatives.
- How wellbeing should be key to politics.
- The Housing Situation.
- ‘Splitting the Left’?
- The popularity of ideas on the Left.
- Moving the Overton Window.
- Working with other ‘Parties’.
- Different independent groups working together nationally.
- Lack of media coverage of Leftist ideas.
Here are the questions we asked Sean.
1. What do you hope to achieve for Sefton in your current position and how are you going to do this?
2. Can you explain what your organisation does for people who are unsure?
3. What are your views on Sefton Children’s Services and the Regeneration of Southport?
4. What is the biggest change that needs to happen in Sefton?
5. What are you most proud of in Sefton and why?
6. What do you think is the main criticism you face?